Andrea Careglio works alongside his father 8 hectares of vines to the left of the Tanaro river, where vineyards have grown since Roman times.

Wandering through the ancient hills feels a bit like abandoning oneself to distant memories, letting oneself be surprised by the sensation that time and man, here, still have a profound bond with the seasons and the land.

In this little-trodden corner of Roero, the Careglios are demonstrating, harvest after harvest, that there is room to grow and make great wines from native vines.

The hills alternate between two types of soil: a sandy one of marine origin, rich in fossils and poor in limestone and a second one of a gray-bluish limestone plate, more calcareous and clayey.

Scattered around the vertiginous Roero hills are “ciabòt”-rest areas and lookout towers in the past- are now the heraldic keepers of indissoluble local genius. The ciabòt are modest and rustic, but do not go unnoticed. It’s nice to imagine the farmer storing there his tools, resting at the end of the day and observing the blue trails of the sky and the green of life.